Application of Norman A. Meinhardt

SMITH, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals, 1 ad hered to on' reconsideration, affirming the examiner’s rejection of the remaining claims of appellant’s application 2 as obvious over certain prior art within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. § 103.

Two issues are presented in this appeal: (1) whether the board erred in considering the rejected claims to be obvious and therefore unpatentable in view of the prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 103, and (2) whether the board erred in refusing to regard its decision as involving a new ground of rejection, thus denying…